What did John Irving mean by: No one could have fathomed what a life he’d led, for it was chiefly a life lived in his mind. - John Irving Novelist Copy
+ Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England. Feraz Zeid, August 7, 2023December 12, 2023, John Irving, Kings, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ …there is no nakedness that compares to being naked in front of someone for the first time. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Irving, First Time, Naked, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ When Jack Burns needed to hold his mother’s hand, his fingers could see in the dark. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Dark, Mom, Mother, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Lilly was not crazy. She left a serious suicide note. ‘Sorry,’ said the note. ‘Just not big enough. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Irving, Crazy, Sorry, Suicide, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Keep passing the open windows. Feraz Zeid, June 2, 2023December 12, 2023, John Irving, Depression, Encouragement, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ A personal injustice is stronger motivation than any instinct for philanthropy. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Injustice, Motivation, Stronger, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Almost everyone is dying to leave home, eventually; and almost everyone needs to. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Irving, Dying, Home, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Don’t you understand?” he would say, “You imagine the story better than I remember it. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Irving, Imagine, Remember, Stories, 0 - John Irving Novelist
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
